The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-04

Il leaves Ine Masonic order ana was to
begin and diyulge the secrets and oaths
OF the party, what. would any honest
man think about such a traitor? IF you
did not like the oath when it was pro-
pounded to you, if u had been hon
Fest, you would have said. stop. I can
not swallow that" and left like honor
| able men; but you did not. You Joined
the church Now, why did YOU ioin?
One OF the three following positions will
place you? First, through ignorance:
second, fools; third, knaves; and to
prove or make valid the statement,
Messrs. Van SnooZer e. HYDE will swear
out afidavits to substantiate their
vituperatons AGAINST the Mormon peo-
pie. What value can he put On atfidayits
sworn to by self-convicted and con
demned perjurers? Now, Mr.. Editor, it
would seem by the reported articles
that appear in the two garbage dumps,
namely the Salt Lake Tribune and the
holy Roman and Apostolic Rag, that
there Is no church in the world that
can pronounce an anathema on the
head Of any ruling power but the Nor
Dennis and st. Patrick, l ask you to
publish the following anathema, taken
from the Philadelphia Morning Post:
The everlasting curse of the Holy
Roman Catholic and Apostolic church
on the head of Victor Emanuel, King of
Italy, and all other nations that would
dare to gainsay the authority of the
Pope.
BY the authority of the Almighty
God. the Father, Son and Holy Ghosf,
and of the Holy Canons, and Of the un-
defled Virgin Mary, mother and nurse
of our Savior, and,Of the ceegtiaIs-
virtues, angels, archangels, thrones,
dominions, powers, cherubims, and
seFaphims, and of all the holy patri-
archs and prophets, and all the apostles
and envangelists and of the holy in
nocents, who in the sight of the holy
lamb are found worthy to sing the new
song, and OF all the holy martyrs and
holy confessions, and of the hely
virgins, and of all the saints, together
with all the holy and elect-of- 6oaswe
excommunicate and anathematize him.
and from the threshold of the holy
church OF God Almighty, We sequester
bin; that he may be tormented in
eternal excruciating sufferings, to-
geIher with Dathan andi Abram, and
those who say to the Lord God:
Depart from US, we desire none
of thy ways, and as fire is
quenched with water, so let the light of
him be put out forevermore. May the
Son who suffered for US curse him.
May the Father who created man curse
him. May the Holy Ghost who was
given to US in our baptism curse him.
May the holy cross which Christ, for
our salvation, triumphing over His
enemies assembled, curse him May the
holy and eternal Virgin Mary, Mother
of God, curse him. May st. Michael,
Oh 20 af hnI Is
May all the angels and archangeis, tin
cipalities and powers, and all the
heavenly armies, curse him. May st.
John, the precursor and t. Peter and
st. Paul. and st. John, the Baptist, and
st. Andrew, all other Christ's apostles
together, curse him, and may the rest
of His disciples and four Evangelists,
who by their preaching converted
the universal world, and may the
holy and wonderful company of
martyrs and confessors, who by their
holy work are found pleading to God
Almighty, curse him. May the choice
of the Holy Virgin, who for, the honor
of Christ have despised the things of
this. world, damn him. May all the
Saints, who, from the beginning of the
world and everlasting age are found to
be beloved of God, damn him. May
bnO AcdfOn anu IuS 6dILu, anu HI
things remaining therein, damn him.
May be be damned wherever he may be,
whether in the house or in the field,
whether in the highway or the byway,
whether in the wood or the water, or
whether in the church. May be be
cursed in living and dying. in eating
and drinking, in fasting and thirsting,
in slumber and sleeping, in watching
and walking, in standing or sitting, in
lying down or waking, mingendo can
cando, and in blood letting.
May he be cursed in all the faculties
of his body, may he be cursed
and outwardly, may he be
cursed in his hair, may he be cursed IN
his brains, may he be cursed in the
crown of bis head, and in his temples,
IN his forehead and in his ears in his
eyebrows, and in his cheeks, in his Jaw
bones and IN his nostrils, in his fore
teeth and in bis grinders, in his lips and
in his throat, in his shoulders and in
his wrists, in his arms, his hands and
in his fingers. May he be damned in
his mouth, in his breast and in his
body. May he be damned in his veins,
and in his groin, in his thighs and gen
ltal organs, III his hips, and in his knees,
in his legs, feet and toe nails. May be
be cursed IN all the joints and articula-
tons of his body, from the top of his
head to the soles OF his feet.
May there be no sweetness in
him. May the Son of the living
God, with all the glory of his majesty,
curse him, and may heaven, with all
the powers that move therein, rise up
against him, curse and damn him
Amen. So let it be. Amen.
Sir. will Van Snoozer and. his col
leagues, intending the two garbage
sheets of Salt Lake, please inform me
how long it Will take to educate the
Mormon people TO so high a pitch of
cUrsing2
And Oblige Yours Respectfully,
W. w.
SALT LAKE, February %, 1886.
Rough on Piles"